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Frank Ochieng

Frank Ochieng

""Just a man with a man's courage, you know...just a man who can never fail. So pure the heart as to find the golden gale..ohhhhhh" --from the opening theme to the motion picture "Flash Gordon" (1980) "A man has got to know his limitations" --Dirty Harry Callahan"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 90% of the time.

Biography:
Biography: Online film critic Frank Ochieng has been devoted to writing and discussing film over the last several years. An avid observer of pop culture whose passion lies in the medium of film and television, Ochieng has been involved in the aspects of media in the Boston-area for quite some time. Ochieng has also contributed film reviews and other miscellaneous movie material to other Internet outlets such as The Internet Movie Database (www.IMDB.com) via newsgroup participation, TheWorldJournal.com, MovieEye.com, Stephen Hunt's SF Crownsnest.com, World Voice News, Associated Content and filmcritic.com...just to name a few venues. Ochieng belongs to online critic circles such as The Online Film Critics Society, The Internet Film Critic Society, and The Internet Entertainment Writers Association. Aside from his online film credentials, Ochieng functioned as a co-editor/contributing writer/film critic for his fanzine publication The Voicemakers (1997-2003). He had made occasional appearances as a media critic/commentator for WMWM 91.7 FM college radio's "The Juke Joint" based out of Salem, Massachusetts as well as frequently guesting on Boston's WBZ Radio 1030 AM's "The Jordan Rich Show" in the "Movie/TV Night" segments (October 2003-present). Also, he previously co-produced and co-hosted his movie review access cable TV show called The Evaluators. Past endeavors include co-hosting cable TV shows such as Trivia Live! (Warner Cable, 1988) and Time To Review (1988-89). He has also previously contributed film reviews to print fanzines Raccoon Times (1996-98) and VGT Online Magazine (1998). From January 2005 to March 2007, Ochieng had written film reviews for the independent urban newspaper "The Boston Banner". Interestingly, he has been featured in such book publications as "Spike Lee: Film 14 (Bertz + Fischer, November 2006) and quoted in "Independent Film Distribution: How to Make a Successful End Run Around the Big Guys" (Michael Wiese Productions, November 2006). Ochieng continues to write film reviews and is an ardent media junkie. He is a proud 1989 graduate of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts.
Favorites:
Frank's all-time favorite films: To Kill A Mockingbird, In the Heat Of The Night, M*A*S*H, Shaft, The Deer Hunter, Dog Day Afternoon, Scarface, A Soldier's Story, The Color Purple, Pulp Fiction, Midnight Cowboy Frank's favorite underappreciated films: Best Seller, Antonia's Line, At Close Range, Get On The Bus, The Cable Guy, Election, Time Bandits Frank's favorite disturbing performances by actors that should have copped the Academy Award: Ralph Fiennes in "Schindler's List", Danny Glover in "The Color Purple", Christopher Walken in "At Close Range", James Woods in "Best Seller", Sean Penn in "Calito's Way", Samuel L. Jackson for both "Pulp Fiction" and "Jungle Fever"
Publications:
Associated Content , Filmcritic.com , Movie Eye , rec.arts.movies.reviews , TheWorldJournal.com , World Voice News
Total Reviews:
930
Total QuickRatings:
133
Location:
Based in Massachusetts (USA)

Quick Ratings

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
1/5 0% It's Pat (1994) " Which is more confusing...Pat's questionable gender or this dud's attempt to force a chuckle from our incredulous faces?" — Movie Eye
Posted Jan 20, 2006
2/5 22% Color of Night (1994) " A tawdry yet tepid sexual psychological thriller that feels very atmospheric in its proposed mystiqueness." — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jan 20, 2006
3/5 30% Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) " An outlandishly fluffy whodunnit farce that generates its inspired nuttiness from the likable John Candy." — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jan 20, 2006
3/5 50% Kindergarten Cop (1990) " Surrounding Arnold with the giddy kiddies is a shameless, gimmicky stunt. But what the heck...Reitman's actioner still works as a zesty vehicle for The Muscled One." — Movie Eye
Posted Jan 20, 2006
4/5 94% Secrets & Lies (1996) " An English mother-daughter racial melodrama that resonates with simplicity and insight. Leigh is considerate of his movie's identity and spirit just as much as demonstrates this with his wounded protagonists" — Movie Eye
Posted Jun 26, 2004
4/5 90% Arthur (1981) " One will delightfully get drunk between the moon and New York City by drinking up the spry essence in Gordon's romantic comedy Arthur" — Movie Eye
Posted Jun 26, 2004
4/5 90% The Beguiled (1971) " Provocative and hypnotic...Eastwood revels with spellbinding spunk in this suggestive military melodrama" — Movie Eye
Posted Jun 26, 2004
4/5 33% The Spitfire Grill (1996) " Methodical and lyrical in its well-paced movement. A durable and devoted drama that is so unassuming in its execution" — Movie Eye
Posted Jun 26, 2004
4/5 71% Rio Lobo (1971) " The Duke rules with his iron fists in Hawks's wily westerner." — Movie Eye
Posted Jun 26, 2004
2/5 35% Corrina, Corrina (1994) " A preachy and manipulative tearjerkering melodrama that mishandles its pseudo-emotional longwindedness. Goldberg and Liotta derved better than this punctuated pap" — Movie Eye
Posted Jun 26, 2004
2/5 11% Weekend at Bernie's II (1993) " Why would anyone want to be caught dead with Bernie and his banal buddies a second time around? Relentlessly labored and pointless" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 24, 2004
4/5 96% Pumping Iron (2003) " An entertaining and intimate look body building and its devoted personalities. Pumping Iron has muscle and might in all the right witty places" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 24, 2004
1/5 14% Almost Heroes (1998) " A forgettable farce with no flavor...utterly flaccid and foolish. It wastes the comedic capabilities of Farley and Perry who deserve much better" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 24, 2004
4/5 100% 4 Little Girls (1997) " Immensely gripping in its outrage and poignancy. Nobody knows how to bring the disdain of racial to the forefront like the skilled Spike Lee" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 24, 2004
4/5 88% Bang The Drum Slowly (1973) " Finally, a baseball melodrama with a full count of emotional impact. Hancock's narrative delivers the right pitch of intensity" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 24, 2004
2/5 33% Rocky Marciano (1999) " Rocky Marciano was a knockout of a fighter to say the least. It's too bad Winkler's movie about him carries no particular punch" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 24, 2004
2/5 27% Invasion U.S.A. (1985) " A clumsy, generic and kinetic actioner with Norris aimlessly kicking his way through this loud exorcise" — Movie Eye
Posted Jun 23, 2004
2/5 22% The Karate Kid, Part III (1989) " This is one karate chop too many...master Morita and student Macchio should have stopped before overstaying their welcome in this tepid follow-up" — Movie Eye
Posted Jun 23, 2004
3/5 90% The Ladies Man (1961) " Creatively goofy thanks to his inspired insanity, Lewis is at his naughty best in this carousing comedy" — Movie Eye
Posted Jun 23, 2004
4/5 88% Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) " Edwards's highly-spirited romantic story that's lyrical and moody. Hepburn is the epitome of grace and gorgeousness." — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 23, 2004
2/5 —— Changing Habits (1997) " Too silly-minded and broad to digest. Lloyd is wasted in this nonsensical narrative by Roth's undisciplined spotty script" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 23, 2004
4/5 93% Parenthood (1989) " Ron Howard's pithy and poignant look at domestic disillusionment...a pure joy to behold!" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 23, 2004
4/5 93% Paths of Glory (1957) " Kubrick's crisp and soulful look at military mayhem. Haunting in its havoc and conviction" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 23, 2004
3/5 62% Send Me No Flowers (1964) " Jewison's cockeyed comedy works its romantic magic with the flighty entanglement of the Hudson-Day charming kooky connection" — Movie Eye
Posted Jun 23, 2004
4/5 87% Field of Dreams (1989) " Robinson's whimsical sports saga is nostalgically engaging...guaranteed to load the bases with sentimentality" — Movie Eye
Posted Jun 23, 2004
3/5 40% Just One of the Guys (1985) " Innocuous and highly-spirited screwball comedy about changing genders in a zany nod for advancement. Gottlieb's nutty narrative is inspired in its cheap laughs" — Movie Eye
Posted Jun 20, 2004
4/5 93% Murphy's Romance (1985) " A quirky May-December romancer that's subtle and low key in its sweetness. Garner and Field make for an unlikely romantic tandem" — Movie Eye
Posted Jun 3, 2004
4/5 96% Big Night (1996) " One's appetite will be big for both the food and the movie" — Movie Eye
Posted Jun 3, 2004
2/5 27% Major Payne (1994) " A relentlessly misguided military mishap starring Wayans as a uniformed motormouth with an edgy attitude. Maybe Wayans schtick is a major pain to endure after all?" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 7, 2003
4/5 88% Platoon (1986) " Stone's penetrating look at the unsettling dynamics of war. Uniquely absorbing and mind-numbing in forethought." — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 7, 2003
2/5 38% Deceived (1991) " Another concocted harried-heroine-strikes-back psychological thriller that comes spilling off the conveyor belt of conventional creativity. The only one who'll be Deceived is the giddy audience" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 7, 2003
3/5 60% Serial Mom (1994) " A delightfully shrewd and slaphappy satire that paints a demented portrait of a seemingly ideal suburbia. Waters and his frothy farce are both splendidly twisted" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 7, 2003
3/5 48% How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) " The "Groove" is on the move in Sullivan's ethnically snappy and exotic May-December romancer. Bassett and Diggs make for a sizzling couple" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 7, 2003
2/5 30% Dead Bang (1989) " An excitable but mawkish misfire by action-oriented filmmaker Frankenheimer. A vehicle designed to capitalize on Johnson's roguish appeal simply results in a dead bang." — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 7, 2003
4/5 73% Backdraft (1991) " Howard's burning ode to firefighters and the professional and personal lives they hope to conquer with devotion and defiance. A drama that convincingly spreads itself like a roaring blaze." — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 7, 2003
2/5 8% Bulletproof (1996) " A tiresome Sandler-Wayans buddy-buddy crime actioner that needs its staid material to be desperately riddled with bullets." — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 7, 2003
3/5 50% The Secret Agent (1996) " A nostalgic sleepy and literate period piece spy drama that periodically captures your attention when least expected. Not as stimulating as one could imagine but nevertheless credible" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 7, 2003
2/5 16% Chain Reaction (1996) " A generic and illogical transparent thriller that never generates any chemistry between this mundane movies leads Reeves and Freeman. The only chain reaction one will receive is blatant boredom" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 7, 2003
2/5 45% A Home of Our Own (1993) " Needlessly corny...a manipulative melodrama that wastes the presence of a fine actress such as Bates...Furlong's brooding becomes rather tedious in Bill's drowsy dud" — Movie Eye
Posted Jun 7, 2003
4/5 80% Citizen Ruth (1996) " Payne's biting social satire about the abortion issue is shrewd and raucously entertaining. A smart and subversive comedy" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 4, 2003
4/5 89% Gandhi (1982) " Attenborough's profound epic spotlighting one of the 20th century's most prolific spiritual men of peace. Kingsley's portrayal of Gandhi is impeccable and inspirational to boot" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 4, 2003
2/5 13% High School High (1996) " The normally riotous Lovitz flunks the test in this farcical school daze. There's nothing remotely academic about Bochner's High School High" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 4, 2003
4/5 100% Places in the Heart (1984) " Benton's personal drama is soulful and utterly absorbing. And yes, we really like Sally Field in this defiant role" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 4, 2003
2/5 38% Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985) " Metter's "Girls" may just want to have fun but for the rest of us this concept is just wishful thinking." — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 4, 2003
2/5 11% North (1994) " Woeful and meandering...Reiner's direction is uncharacteristically choppy and uneventful" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 4, 2003
3/5 44% Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (1990) " Cowabunga!! Try making turtle soup out of these butt-kicking raucous reptiles. It's pure giddy excitement!" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 4, 2003
2/5 16% Jade (1995) " A monotonous and misguided sexual thriller that certainly doesn't cater to the typical Friedkin vibes. And Caruso left his top-rated critically-acclaimed ABC-TV cop show for this?" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 3, 2003
2/5 19% Joe's Apartment (1996) " A MTV-style creepy coachroach comedy that tries to be too cute for its own good. My kingdom for a can of Raid!" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 3, 2003
2/5 43% Vice Versa (1988) " Gimmicky and whimsical father-son out-of-body switcheroo farce that's too flaccid and flaky to take in one sitting" — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 3, 2003
3/5 32% Before and After (1996) " A strained but nevertheless involving little personal drama about a delinquent's alleged murderous deed. Schroeder's suspense piece is arbitrary but satisfying thanks to the reliable leads." — TheWorldJournal.com
Posted Jun 3, 2003
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